Yeah but who volunteers themselves as Umbridge? Well, I suppose she might.
General Election 2017 | Cabinet reshuffle: Hunt re-appointed Health Secretary for record third time
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In the latest episode of the United Hour Podcast, Nik (@Rood) is joined by CEO Duncan Drasdo and Financial Director Andy Green from the Manchester United Supporters Trust for a special episode on all things behind the scenes at Old Trafford including a brief history of MUST and their aims today, views on INEOS and Sir Jim Ratcliffe so far, and the Old Trafford regeneration.
While the manifesto isn't entirely friendly from an accessibility standpoint, i've been doing some searches and coming up empty in some interesting policy areas. Solar is one such. Contrastingly, it would seem that events like Copeland have prompted a more pragmatic approach to civilian nuclear, which is welcome.
A government deciding on the number of seconds between spins? Has it really reached that point?
The betting shops near here always seem empty; no idea how they manage to justify their existence.
A government deciding on the number of seconds between spins? Has it really reached that point?
The betting shops near here always seem empty; no idea how they manage to justify their existence.
Don't forget that 15% tax on financial transactions in The City. A policy McDonnell admitted is 'a gamble'. The City is responsible for 12% IIRC of our GDP and is going to take a significant hit from Brexit.
Labour's manifesto is stupid frankly, entirely indicative of why people don't trust Labour with the economy.
Jeremy Hunt is professor Quirrell.
I'm still a big grime fan so I think this is great, winning over young voters is really the only to Labour can avoid a huge defeat and maybe a surprise victory.
I know
FOBTs
Be nice if the Greens overtook UKIP
Yup - small numbers of "high quality" customers, meaning addicts who lose thousands on the FOBTs each year. Lessening the amount customers can lose on those, or at least their addictive nature, is critical.
The BBC would have to book recently signed up Green Party members Nigel Fromage and Paul Nuttroast for Question Time.
Most interesting thing here is the Lib Dem figures: for all the talk of a revival they're not only failing to bridge the 10% gap like many expected them to, but aren't improving on their previous election result at all as things stand. Which is incredibly, incredibly poor for them when considering that Brexit has given them a massive opportunity...and Labour's own arguments on Brexit have been confusing at best.
33% is also funnily enough a decent number for Labour without considering the Tory vote if we compare it to 2015...it's just the problem is that UKIP voters are presumably floating back to the Tories, and Labour are failing to win over Tory voters themselves.
So be it
The rolling stock could be leased by the now public train operating companies, like the east coast mainline did. They could over time buy new stock and feck over the lease companies as they age.
I don't think the freight companies are part of the nationalisation, they could continue to run as now on the publicly owned network rail
To give a bit of balance, the Government already announced a review back in October, so Labour are reiterating what is already in process:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-37750115
Look up the story of the East coast mainline
She's clearly delores umbridge
Union membershipis falling
*holds hands up*
Okay, okay, 600,000 is a fair number of people and more than i imagined. But won't these people just move online if the FOBTs in shops are too limited (£2 stakes)?
Okay, okay, 600,000 is a fair number of people and more than i imagined. But won't these people just move online if the FOBTs in shops are too limited (£2 stakes)?
Same old right wing rhetoric
It's shameful you don't think this is a good thing
Its 0.5%
Sounds like Corbyn dropped a major bollock at the launch by declaring that benefits won't be frozen. Have they left it out of the manifesto because it means they can't balance the book with that level of spending in? He sounded like he was blindsided too!
It still makes the City less competitive at exactly the time when what it needs is to be as competitive as possible.
It still makes the City less competitive at exactly the time when what it needs is to be as competitive as possible.
Amazing how it takes a nice long review before legislation can come in for this
Yeah, that why it must be independant; not connected to Union membership (I'm guessing most Unions have this type of insurance anyway).
If you say so. Personally, i'd ascribe that sort of description to the waste in Labour's manifesto, not only the vast amount of money spent, but the missed opportunity to push genuinely innovative and new policies. It doesn't take a very special type of left-winger to nationalise a tonne of stuff while forgetting the maths.
Yes, let the bookies continue to profit from human misery, it's the Tory way
Then it would be a part-nationalisation, which might or might not be a good idea, but the honest thing to do would be to say so instead of leaving it to guys on the internet to guess. The same goes for cost, do they believe they can carry out this (possible) part-nationalisation at zero cost, or if not then how much? I'm not expecting precise detail, but if they want votes they need a bit more than some vague wish-list with no costings.
Partly down to a lack of awareness on my part. A bit like yourself yesterday, when stating that you didn't think many employers kick up rough over staff absences.
The rail franchises run out of contract and automatically come into public ownership, cost 0
I was right yesterday and today
They're gonna need more civil servants, certainly.
After talking with one company owner just last night, and personally being aware of numerous cases where people were quietly eased out of their jobs, i wholeheartedly disagree.
I thought company bosses were good people? At least that's what the Tories keep telling us. Now you're advocating we legislate to make them behave like humans. Amazing.
The policy doesn't help a lot of people, that was the point I was making. Wealthy Tories can afford to take a year off work, the plebs can't. And what if your mam takes more than a year to die?
The Tories send you a pillow with 'You know what you need to do' on an attached post-it note
Well amidst the guesswork the one thing we can say for sure is that it wouldn't be cost 0, because they are proposing to cap fares, build new trains, increase freight provision and improve accessibility, all of which in railway terms are damned expensive.
Now as a railway supporter I would love all this, however desirability isn't my point, what is my point is that the promises are completely uncosted, along with much else in the manifesto, so how can I have any faith in the ability of Labour to actually deliver them whilst managing the national budget successfully?
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I missed this in all the chat about nationalisations earlier. In short, they put free degrees in business stuides and railway renationalisation ahead of Osborne's cuts. Super prioritisation there guys.
I don't think that happens to be true, nor is this about wealth. Let's consider a few examples shall we? In-home care and rehab immediately following surgery, accompanying a loved one to radiotherapy, filling in the lag time between diagnosis and commencement of council supplied carers e.t.c.
Then there was the leave for bereavement; companies generally consider 2-3 days to be a fair obligation.
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Made me look at her twitter feed, almost every post makes me boke. So far up her own arse.
Labour will get the most seats in this election. They won't get a majority but they'll get the most seats. Things will change as the polls approach.
Corbyn is getting huge crowds. There will be a push for him.
Corbyn is getting huge crowds. There will be a push for him.
^ Not a chance. He's had big crowds before but it has never translated into votes. He's unpopular with the majority of the electorate.